November 12, 2012
Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton, Urban Gardens.
Update 2022: I wrote this post after Hurricane Sandy hit New York City area where I lived at the time. I now live in New Orleans where Hurricane Ida ravaged the city in 2021 … Read More...
Category: Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Greening, Urban Agriculture
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Battery Urban Farm. Photo via the Battery Conservancy.
Hurricane Sandy’s wrath caused the damage and demise of a number of New York City urban gardens and farms, some less fortunate than others.
Brooklyn Grange Urban Rooftop Farms
Brooklyn Grange lost … Read More...
Category: Birds, Bees, and Butterflies, Community Gardens, Composting, Edible Landscaping, Green & Sustainable, Green Roofs, Greening, Urban Agriculture
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October 17, 2012
No need to sacrifice style for sustainability. Before transferring scraps to an outdoor composter, you can conveniently and beautifully collect organic waste out of sight beneath the counter with the Blanco sleek Solon odor-eliminating compost system.
With its discreet removable … Read More...
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August 24, 2012
Photo courtesy of LaManda Joy
I’ve just returned from Chicago, where I spent some time with my friend, LaManda Joy, Founder and President of The Peterson Garden Project, a revival Victory Garden venture she conceived in 2010 to … Read More...
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August 2, 2012
GM’s metal shipping crates were repurposed into raised beds. Photo: John F. Martin for General Motors
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot. The lot was abandoned. Then General Motors contributed 250 metal shipping crates that used to … Read More...
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